Vampires represent an interesting topic in the genre of horror. Vampires, from a more contemporary standpoint, are over-sexualized, thought of as perfect, and basically are ideal human beings. This is obvious in something like Twilight, Vampire Diaries, or perhaps what influenced it all: Interview with a Vampire.
While reading, I couldn't help but ask a question that popped into my head during Frankenstein. The monster in the book was intelligent, eloquent, and much less of a 'monster' than what I knew from film and pop-culture. At what point did that image of a self-taught monster change into a tall green man with screws in his neck? In terms of vampires, why did Nosferatu eventually change into a forever teenage boy that sparkles in the sun?
If given the chance, I'm sure many people would choose to live forever. The immortal vampire is the ideal human experience. One can live forever and be much more powerful than normal. Such is the apparent sexiness of vampires. This is probably why something like Nosferatu fell out of the image of a typical vampire. A creepy big-nosed recluse doesn't appeal to an audience nearly as well as attractive forever-young-adults would. Vampires turn from something to be afraid of to something we possibly crave. It's interesting to be able to look back on something like this and see how different it was just one hundred years ago.
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